*100-113 KC-Hou + Cal-Slc vs Dul-Elp + SSM-OC
3 locos, bad tickets
105-117* Mon-NO + Win-Hou vs Win-LR + Den-Pitt
6 locos, but zoubaier started with 6 grey
*119-110 Den-Pitt + Dul-Elp vs Cal-Phoe + LA-Chi
7 locos and start helped me to win
108-110* Chi-Sanfe + Den-Pitt vs SSM-Nash + Win-LR
I was too slow to play 6ers and made an useless block on No-Atl with 4 locos that cost me the game
*116-112 Mon-NO + Mon-Atl vs LA-Hel + Dul-Hou
It seemed to be an horrible game for 1-4 and loss of the match with east, only 1 loco and lot of colors by 5 after 34 or 36 cards. So I started by 6 orange in grey, 6 black and 5 white (just because I had 6 and 5 and no need of them to connect my tixs) and that just bothered enough zoubaier. 6 red, 6 purple and tixs was enough.
really unexpected win
126-120* Sea-NY + SSM-Nash vs Sea-LA + Cal-SLC (+ Draw Port-Phoe)
longest gave me the win despite of his good draw
*127-125 LA-Chi + Dul-Elp + Chi-Sanfe vs Van-Mon + Port-Phoe
Only 2 locos but I cut his road with 1 in Sea and longest was just enough to win with only 2 6ers

He blocked me in game 6...I completed 0 tixs from 3...I think that was the key of the match, I should have won this one by playing better
Blocking game again (but from me this time) in game 7 with Cal-SLC and Cal-Phoe vs Port-Phoe and LA-Hel (missed) that gave me the last game and the tie in the match.

1-2 103-112*
Sea-NY + Cal-Phoe vs Dall-Ny + Den-Elp + longest. Big mistake from me at beginning to wait to play 4 oranges with 2 locos, because after that I had only 4 blue, 3 white and 0 purple. And very well played from Pete with these bad tickets

2-2 *080-074
SSM-Nash + Bos-Mia (missed) vs Dul-Hou + Van-Sanfe (missed) + longest. This time I started to complete SSM-Nash, then played the 6 green I feel he wanted (he had played 6 orange and 6 black in grey, I had played 6 purple and I saw him taking green and purple...) and started to block and did it well

3-2 *116-105 (start again for me, I made the mistake when opening game, I let choice to Pete to restart or play like that and give him start in game 6, he chooses to play)
Port-Phoe + Sea-LA vs Sea-NY + Dul-elp (missed) + longest
Pete would probably have won by playing Phoe-Elp before the 5 white, luckily for me I needed Phoe and was still hoping for longest

5-2 *116-105 (again )
Mon-No + Mon-Atl vs Port-Nash + Sea-LA + longest
after 6 yellow 6 orange 1 in port and Tor-Pitt for him, I had the feeling of Port-Nash and blocked him making my own route. He went by south, but was too slow

In two games Rui was substituted from a Bot. In one Bot took two cards, in the other one he drew tickets and kept Boston-Miami, impossible to make for Rui. At least that game Rui would have won otherwise, so I am not happy with that undeserved win.
I wanted to ask Qorlas, if there is a possibility to repeat last game, but Rui accepted the result.

Thx Rui for the nice match and much more luck for you in your remaining matches.

GAME 3 start DN - longest db - win DN 098-113
LA-Mi+Dul-Paso(missed) vs Van-Fe+Cal-Pho (disc.Van-Mon)
now 8 locos (!) helped a lot to disturb his route to Miami, so he couldn't fulfill his 2nd tic - anyhow one of the worst games I played this season as I let him gain longest and gave him two more turns as I wanted a final 5er with only 4 trains left (and could have built a 6er with my colours)

...and then luck turned :~

GAME 4 start db - longest db - win db 126-098
Van-Mon+Dul-Paso vs Chi-Fe+Dul-Hou (disc. Dal-NY) + Chi-NO (out of route)
tix weren't good for a nice route, neither were colours (3 or 4 locos) so I tried to gain as many track points as possible, decisive error was not to block Vancouver when his big one was obvious, so no chance with him passing by - last try was to find something (which I did not) but even all 3 tix on my route would only have been enough for a tie

GAME 5 start DN - longest db - win db 120-119
Sea-NY+Cal-SLC vs LA-Mia+Por-Pho (disc. Win-Lit)
colours were no good for longest, I needed 3 out of 5 locos for 6 black in the beginning, tried to disturb his big one then, longest was gone of course, only one tic for me to be found (which he also could have had) with finding a 2er colour in my second last turn this would have been a tie, but I got 2 different colours and lost by 1!

GAME 6 start db - longest db - win db 118-117
Cal-SLC+LA-Chi+Hel-LA (found) vs LA-NY+NY-Atl
colours were not that good (4 locos), he could have blocked me easily in the south - he took Pit-NY very early which made me overdraw (I was short on yellow [only 2] and needed a loco) - his route and way to play looked like 22+ a western small one, so I was lucky he took tix in the end as my route looked like 21+20, but he needed to find something with only 7+16 and found one tic out three to win (Sea-Ny,Sea-LA,Hel-LA) and won by one again...

The strangest thing for me this season is losing 6 games by one within 3 out of 4 matches AND I lose a 2nd game by one right the game after I lost a game by one before!

GAME 7 start db - longest db - win db 131-115
Sea-LA+Hel-LA+Den-Pit(found)+Por-Pho(found) vs SF-Atl+Tor-Mia
not a nice combo for longest even more without start, colours made me not go southern route (2 locos), after I took that one the last two games I expected him blocking me there anyway - no chance for longest as I only had one way to Frisco left (dead end 1) and 5 blue with my 2nd loco was my only chance to reach Mia (dead end 2) - db built a nice western route with many possible ways to connect for longest and 5 possible tix on his route + 4 possible tix near his route he could connect with a final 4er in the end - with his 2nd last turn he found Por-Pho (beside LA-Chi, Chi-Fe on the route), which already would have been enough for winning + Den-Pit near the route (beside Van-Fe, Cal-Pho, Dul-Paso near the route) - as Den-Pit was the only tic I could have found, my chances were not high and so I decided to block Duluth with my last 2er, but he connected Chi-Pit with his final turn - my fault here obviously was not to take tix before he did and gain Den-Pit myself